One Mountain Away: The Book Trailer

I’m so delighted to be able to share the new video my son created so that I could introduce my readers to One Mountain Away. Several months ago we played with ideas and got as far as filming, but the script was much too long.  So I reworked it, and Galen produced this to go…

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A Match Made in Heaven: Joanna Slan and Charlotte Bronte

Welcome to my good friend and guest blogger, Joanna Slan, who’s just begun an exciting new series, the Jane Eyre Chronicles. To celebrate, she’s promised to give one autographed copy of Death of a Schoolgirl to a Southern Exposure reader.  To enter leave a comment here for Joanna  before midnight Friday. Take it away, Joanna. “Friendship however is a plant which cannot…

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Sunday Poetry: The Uncooked Vanilla Pudding of Life

Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Hold on to your hat today.  Or don’t, because if you do, you might lose your edge, and The Edge is where I want to be, by Lisa Martinovic, is our Sunday poem.…

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Fiction Friday: Final Excerpt of One Mountain Away,

Tuning in late? Since Friday, July 6th I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the beginning of One Mountain Away here at my blog.  Today the excerpts conclude because the novel is now at your favorite bookstore and you can read the entire novel.  Hurray!  You can still see prior excerpts by clicking on Goddess Anonymous under Categories at the…

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7 Things I’ve Learned after 70 Books

Today is the launch for One Mountain Away. Cue the trumpets and race to the bookstores. One Mountain is the first of my new series, Goddesses Anonymous, and one of the more difficult novels I’ve written.  You would think, wouldn’t you, that after seventy books, I should be able to dash off a novel between…

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Sunday Poetry: New Dreams Every Night

Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’ve spent the weekend celebrating a “big” birthday for my husband.  All our sons and their families arrived to spend it with us here in NY, and it’s been wonderful.  Since birthdays are…

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Fiction Friday: Part Four of One Mountain Away

Tuning in late?  Every Friday this month I’ve shared the beginning of One Mountain Away , and I’ll conclude next week on August 3.  By then the book will be at your favorite bookstore or better yet, on your personal bookshelf.  You can read prior excerpts by clicking on Goddesses Anonymous under Categories at the right.  Start reading from…

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A Sneak Preview of One Mountain Away

Shhh. . . Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve just updated my website and added all new pages about the upcoming release of One Mountain Away.  You can find an overview, my inspiration, praise from fellow authors and reviewers, an excerpt, book discussion questions, even a recipe.  We had hoped to have an entirely new website to launch…

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Sunday Poetry: A Penny Cheaper

Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’m spending the summer at Chautauqua Institution, which sponsors morning lectures each week on a different theme. This week’s theme was Water and we were fortunate to have the talented resources of National…

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Fiction Friday: Part Three of One Mountain Away

Tuning in late?  I’m sharing the beginning of One Mountain Away today and every Friday through the end of the month when it makes its debut at bookstores.  You can read prior excerpts by clicking on Goddess Anonymous under Categories at the right.  Start reading at the bottom. Part Three,  Chapter Two, part one: Charlotte…

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